outside unit issues
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07-05-12, 07:06 AM
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outside unit issues
i have a 5 year old ducane outside unit,about 3 years into its service the capacitor(dual cap) died,i have buying ebay capacitors every 6 months or so for the last 2 years.yesterday it died again and i bought a new capacitor locally this morning and installed it,no go.if i understand correctly these capacitors run a motor in the unit,is it the fan motor or is there another motor i dont know about.without getting into specifics of the unit,can ya`ll give me some ideas on what to look at.thanks
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a friend told me to put an amp clamp around the wires leading to the unit and put the thermostat super low like around 60 and read the amp draw,when i do this what should the amp draw be to indicate whether or not im pulling to many amps out of the unit?thanks
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07-05-12, 04:30 PM
Amp draw can tell you if your fan motor and compressor are still in good shape, but that is not the way we test the capacitor. If a good run capacitor can not start your unit, and the amp draw is high, you may need a hard start kit. but one step a time. first, you need to get the unit up and running first. (there is a possibility you have other problems, not capacitor related)
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